Maria (Greek: Μαρία; died after 718) was the empress consort of Leo III the Isaurian of the Byzantine Empire. The throne of the Byzantine Empire was unstable...

Byzantine empress as the wife of the Byzantine emperor Basil I, the mistress of his predecessor Michael III, and the mother of emperors Leo VI and Alexander,...

Leo III the Isaurian (Greek: Λέων ὁ Ἴσαυρος, romanized: Leōn ho Isauros; c. 685 – 18 June 741), also known as the Syrian, was the first Byzantine emperor...

Villehardouin Maria (daughter of Maurice) Maria (empress) Maria, wife of Leo III Maria, wife of Constantine V Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina Maria Argyropoulina...

Maria can refer to several people: Maria (died 407), Roman empress by marriage to Honorius Maria (died after 718), Byzantine empress consort of Leo III...

Leo II or Leon II (occasionally numbered Leo III; Armenian: Լէոն Բ, Levon II; c. 1236 – 1289) was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from...

Maria of Austria (30 July 1833 – 19 May 1896) was the younger brother of both Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico, and the father of...

Philip I, Prince of Taranto and his first wife Thamar Angelina Komnene. Philip was son of Charles II of Naples and his wife Maria of Hungary.[citation...

uncertain whether her mother-in-law Maria was still the senior empress at the time of Tzitzak's marriage. Leo III died on 18 June 741. Constantine V succeeded...

Basil divorced his wife Maria and married Eudokia Ingerina, Michael's favourite mistress, in around 865. Around the same time, Michael III offered him his...

city of Sis in 1175. The seigneurs of Cilician Armenia elected Leo's brother, Roupen III to occupy the throne of the principality. Roupen III sent Leo to...

808) Leo IV with his son and co-emperor Constantine VI. Leo III, Constantine V and Leo IV (left), with Constantine VI and Irene (right). Seal of Constantine...

a matter of debate, but historians generally assume him to be the son of Emperor Basil I (r. 867–886) and his first wife Maria or second wife Eudokia Ingerina;...

abdication of Michael I Rangabe in 813. Theodosia is the only wife of Leo mentioned by primary sources. However an interpretation of the text of Theophanes...

daughter of Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas and sister of Aldona of Lithuania, wife of Casimir III of Poland. The name of Bolesław's wife is disputed;...

brother, Constantine V. Anna was a daughter of Leo III the Isaurian and his wife Maria. She was a sister of Constantine V. She also had two sisters named...

empress as the wife of Byzantine emperor Theophilos from 830 to 842 and regent for the couple's young son Michael III, after the death of Theophilos, from...

probably died shortly afterwards. With him out of the way, Irene proclaimed herself sole ruler. Pope Leo III—already seeking to break links with the Byzantine...

Julius III (Latin: Iulius PP. III; Italian: Giulio III; 10 September 1487 – 23 March 1555), born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was head of the Catholic...

III (Russian: Александр III Александрович Романов, romanized: Aleksandr III Aleksandrovich Romanov; 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia...

Cosimo III de' Medici (14 August 1642 – 31 October 1723) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 until his death in 1723, the sixth and penultimate from the...

Prince Napoléon and his wife Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy. In 1888, she married Prince Amadeo, Duke of Aosta, the former king of Spain and her uncle....

Dynasty. She was sister to Leo II of Halych and Andrew of Halych, daughter of Yuri I of Galicia and his second wife, Euphemia of Kuyavia (d. 1308). She assisted...

of Leo I of Armenia by his first wife, Isabelle. Stephanie's maternal family is disputed. It is believed that her mother was a niece of Sybille, wife...

he seduced Philippa of Antioch. Philippa was the sister of both Manuel's second wife Maria and Bohemond III, the reigning prince of Antioch. The affair...

23 March 2022) was a member of the defunct German noble House of Hesse-Kassel. He was a first cousin of King Charles III of the United Kingdom through...

Byzantine Senate proclaimed Nikephoros III as emperor, although he was still far from the city. Michael's wife, Maria of Alania, seeing that Michael would...

existence, with matters made more complicated when Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as emperor of the Romans, which was seen as an attempt at making the...

alms and was also the location of the statue of the Capitoline Wolf and the Lex de imperio Vespasiani tables. Pope Leo III built two triclinia (the first...

second wife in 1214. She was the only daughter of Leo II of Armenia and his first wife, Isabelle (niece of Sibylle, the third wife of Bohemond III of Antioch)...